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to cavil
01
文句を言う, クレームをつける
to make objections, often over small details without a good reason
Intransitive: to cavil at sth | to cavil about sth
Example
Some coworkers tend to cavil about office temperatures, finding fault with the thermostat setting.
Even after a successful event, there were those who continued to cavil at the choice of music.
Instead of enjoying the scenic hike, he would cavil at the trail 's difficulty level.
Cavil
01
言葉のあや, 小さな論争
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
例
Some coworkers tend to cavil about office temperatures, finding fault with the thermostat setting.
Even after a successful event, there were those who continued to cavil at the choice of music.
Instead of enjoying the scenic hike, he would cavil at the trail's difficulty level.
While most appreciated the effort, a few would cavil about the color scheme chosen for the project.
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